Great Bend Municipal
GBD · KGBD · Great Bend, Kansas · Barton County · map
Great Bend Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Great Bend, 4 miles west of Great Bend, Kansas, 1,887 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 7,852 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 41 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,775 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Great Bend Municipal?
Its FAA code is GBD, and its ICAO code is KGBD.
Where is Great Bend Municipal?
It is 4 miles west of Great Bend, Kansas, 1,887 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Great Bend Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 7,852 feet long.
Does Great Bend Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Great Bend Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Great Bend Municipal?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Great Bend Municipal…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GBD · ICAO KGBD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Great Bend
- Elevation
- 1,887 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,852 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,706 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hutchinson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.8 | |
| Gbd and aWOS-3PT | 119.275 | |
| Great Bend Rco | 122.5 | Great Bend · Communications provided by wichita radio on frequency 122.5 (Great Bend rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-792-5019.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA · each fuel's page: who burns it, where else it is sold
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, air ambulance, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lyons-Rice County Municipal (30 nm east), Hays Regional (36 nm northwest), Pratt Regional (39 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Calm wind runway 18.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 11, 18 and 29; VASI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights 11/29 and 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- After 1800 by request.
- 24 hour credit card service available.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 33 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,775, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,370 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,167 |
| general aviation, local | 4,178 |
| military | 60 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Great Bend from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Great Bend, Kansas: 29 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Great Bend 39 aircraft · 29 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins
- Spray Brothers Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Tonys Aerial Service INC 3 aircraft in town
- Tonys Aerial Spraying INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,147 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,737 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GBD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 4, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.